Education: Ph.D., Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Expected December, 2001. Dissertation:"Charter 77 and the Legacy of Antipolitics." Chair: Jack Bielasiak, Department of Political Science, Indiana University Committee: Jeffrey C. Isaac, Department of Political Science, Indiana University Robert Rohrschneider, Department of Political Science, Indiana University Maria Bucur-Deckard, Department of History, Indiana University Summer School of Slavonic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 1999. M.A., Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, August 1995. B.A., Government and History, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, May 1992. Areas of Research Interest: Comparative Politics: East-Central European Politics; West European Politics; Transitions to Democracy; Social Movements; Electoral Behavior; European Integration Political Theory: Civil Society; Democratic Theory; Cultural Politics; Twentieth Century Political Thought Fellowships, Awards, and Honors: 2001 AAHE K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award, American Association of Higher Education, Washington, DC, March 2001. Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2000-2001. Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the American Council of Learned Societies, Washington, DC, August 2000. Research Incentive Dissertation Year Fellowship, Research and University Graduate School (RUGS), Indiana University, 1999-2000. Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research, Research and University Graduate School (RUGS), Indiana University, Fall 1999. Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Indiana University: Czech (Summer 1996, Summer 1997); Hungarian (Summer 1998); Polish (Summer 1999 - Declined). Greenough Memorial Fund Travel Grant, Department of Political Science, Indiana University: Fall 1996; Spring 1997; Spring 1998; Spring 1999; Fall 1999; Spring 2000. Sidney Ulmer Summer Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 1994. Runner-Up, S. Sidney Ulmer Best Graduate Student Research Paper Award, University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science, 1994. Publications: Reviews: "Book Review: Michael Weiner, Change In Eastern Europe," European Studies Journal, Spring 1996. Teaching Experience: Visiting Instructor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Democratic Transitions, Spring 2002. Balkan Politics, Interim 2002. History of Classical Political Thought, Fall 2001. Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fall 2001 (2 sections) and Spring 2002. Visiting Fellow, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Democratic Transitions, Spring 2001. Balkan Politics, Spring 2001. Elements of Political Analysis, Spring 2001. Introduction to International Studies (Co-Instructor), Spring 2001. Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2000. Introduction to American Politics Fall 2000. Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Critical Reading and Reasoning for the New College Student, Summer 1999 and Summer 2000. Learning Strategies for Political Science, (2 sections), Fall 1998. Introduction to Comparative Politics, Spring 1998. Generation X: Democracy and Cultural Politics, Spring 1997. Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Introduction to American Politics, Fall 1995, Spring 1995, Summer 2000. West European Politics, Fall 1997. Introduction to Political Theory, Fall 1996. Research Experience: Research Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Data Collection, Fall 1999. Data Collection, Data Entry, Annotated Bibliographic Composition, Editing, Summer 1997 and Summer 1998. Data Coding and Data Collection, Fall 1997. Research Assistant, University of Kentucky. Computer Graphic Design, Fall 1994. Administrative Experience: Acting Director, Research Collection, Indiana University, Spring 1999 and Summer 1999. Service: Conference Staff, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 19-21 April 2001. Member, Bloomington United Education Initiative Committee, Bloomington, Indiana, August 1999-May 2001. Member and Participant, Global Speaker Service, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University, December 1998 - August 2000. Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Student Funding Committee, Indiana University, September 1998-December 1998. Graduate Student Representative, Curriculum Restructuring Committee, Indiana University, January 1998-October 1998. Conference Participation: Presented Papers: "Charter 77's Antipolitical Legacy: Impuls 99, D?kujeme Odejdete, and Democratic Responsibility," 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 30 August-2 September 2001. "Charter 77 and the Collapse of Czechoslovak Post-Totalitarianism," 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 19-21 April 2001. "Anatomy of a Social Movement: Charter 77 and the Reification of Antipolitics," 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 15-17 March 2001. "Living in Truths: Resistance and Responsibility in the Plays of Soyinka and Havel," 2000 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, 16-19 November 2000. "Charter 77 and the Legacy of Antipolitics," 13th Annual Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the American Council of Learned Societies, Washington, DC, 11-14 August 2000. "Defining Post-Totalitarianism: The Poverty of Empirical Conceptualizations," 2000 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 27-30 April "European Integration and Determinants of Voter Choice in Democratizing States: Greece and the Czech Republic," with Thomas W. Hey, 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2-5 September 1999. "Dr. Strangevote (or How I Learned to Love the Ballot-Box): Determinants of Voter Choice in the Czech Republic and Romania," 1999 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 15-17 April 1999. "The Art of the Political: Havel's Dramatic Literature as Political Theory," 1999 Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas, 31 March - 3 April 1999. "At zije Charta 77! Charter 77, 'Living Within the Truth,' and Life After 1989," 1998 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 23-25 April 1998. "An Exploratory Model of Ethnic-Based Secessionist Movements," 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 10-12 April 1997. "Transitions from Post-Totalitarianism: The Role of Civil Society in Pre-Revolutionary Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Romania," Twenty-First Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 3-5 October 1996. "Genocide: An Inquiry into the Theoretical Construction of Absolute Violence," Kentucky Political Science Association: 34th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, 3-4 March 1995. "The Velvet Divorce: An Ethnic and Historical Analysis Explaining the Breakup of Czechoslovakia," Nineteenth Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 6-8 October 1994. "Literature and Politics in Post-Totalitarian Czechoslovakia: The Role of Intellectuals as 'Dissidents' as Exemplified in Václav Havel's Plays," Nineteenth Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 6-8 October 1994. Panel Discussion: "Consumers, Quality, and Disclosure," 2001 National Conference on Higher Education: American Association of Higher Education, Washington, DC, 24-27 March 2001. Presented Posters: "Dr. Strangevote (or How I Learned to Love the Ballot-Box): Determinants of Voter Choice in East-Central Europe," 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2-5 September 1999. Other Conference Participation: Discussant, "Community, Democracy, and Virtue," 1999 Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas, 31 March - 3 April 1999. Panel Chair, "Eastern Europe: The Old and the New," Twenty-First Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 3-5 October 1996. Panel Chair, "Romania in Transition," Nineteenth Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 6-8 October 1994. Invited Lectures: "Charter 77: Anatomy of a Social Movement," D328/D528: Eastern Europe, 1914-Present, Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 10 November 1999. "Tyranny and the Clash of Ideas," Y396: The Politics of Hate: Tyranny, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 14 September 1999. "Human Rights: What Role in US Policy?" Global Speakers Service, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University, 8 December 1998. "West European Party Systems," Y335: West European Politics, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 28 September 1998. "Becoming a Critical Thinker," Student Academic Center Outreach Workshop, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, 23 September 1998. "The Killing Fields of Cambodian Genocide," Y200: Mega-Murder, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 11 June 1997. Research Skills: Foreign Languages: Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese Statistics: Gauss, Stata, SPSS, MS Excel Society Membership: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Since 1999. American Association of Higher Education, Since 2001. American Political Science Association, Since 1994. Midwest Political Science Association, Since 1996. Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society, Since 1992. Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society, Since 1991. Southwestern Political Science Association, Since 1998. Western Political Science Association, Since 2000. References: Jack Bielasiak Department of Political Science Woodburn Hall 210 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-6001 812/855-5662 bielasia@indiana.edu Jeffrey C. Isaac Department of Political Science Woodburn Hall 210 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-6001 812/855-8605 isaac@indiana.edu Robert Rohrschneider Department of Political Science Woodburn Hall 210 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-6001 812/855-5883 rrohrsch@indiana.edu Maria Bucur-Deckard Department of History Ballantine Hall 742 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 812/855-1993 mbucur@indiana.edu James M. Lutz, Chair Department of Political Science 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 219/481-6688 lutz@ipfw.edu Dan Hofrenning, Chair Department of Political Science St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057 507/646-3128 dhofrenn@stolaf.edu 2